Our Communications and Participation Officer Len Dalrymple will be leaving the JMB to take up retirement on the31st August despite looking far too young and energetic for such a transition. Len was the Deputy Manager of the JMB when it was set up in 1996 but left in 2000 to take up management postsRead more
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A number of estates will be getting new secure cycle storage in the coming weeks. Probably the best way to get around central London is on a bike but they take up a lot of space if you live in a flat and of course they attract thieves when not properly locked up. Good newsRead more
JMB kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Unicorn Theatre on Saturday. Youngsters from the Lawson Estate and the Bermondsey Street Estates went to see the Christmas musical Baddies, which has been getting some great reviews. The tickets where made available to the JMB, free of charge, by the wonderful Sally Pembrooke (Unicorn Community Projects Director)Read more
Fire safety meeting: Thursday 17th April 6.30pm @JMB office Andy Snazzle, the Fire Brigade Borough Commander, is coming across to talk to JMB residents about fire safety issues, such as: How to prevent a fire What to do in the case of fire The importance of functioning smoke alarms Why residents should not fit metalRead more
The Bermondsey Street estates (Tyers, Whites and Snowsfields) have benefitted from a variety of funding from Southwark Council, the JMB, Drain London and Team London Bridge to deliver a gardening and sculpture project over the past 15 months. The project has now reached an exciting stage. The next phase will involve the creation of aRead more
Well done to local resident, Austin Emery, whose Leathermarket Community Sculpture Project won the category for Best Community Arts Project at the Southwark Arts Forum Awards on the 29th October. Austin, a resident of the Whites Grounds Estate, conceived and organised a series of free workshops mainly for residents living on the Bermondsey Street JMBRead more
The successful gardening workshops, which were taking place in the vegetable garden on the Whites Grounds Estate, are now moving indoors for the winter months. The venue will be the Bermondsey Village Hall, Kirby Grove, SE1 3TD. Although these free workshops are primarily for the residents of Whites Grounds, Tyers Estate, Snowsfields and Tanner House everyoneRead more
Leathermarket JMB has identified funding with which it can install security entrance doors to blocks on Bermondsey Street estates (Whites Grounds, Tyers Estate and Snowsfields). However the JMB wants to gauge whether there is support amongst residents for these doors before it prepares contract documentation. A questionnaire has been delivered to all residents living onRead more
The Annual General Meeting of the Bermondsey Street Tenants and Residents Association will take place at 7p.m. on Wednesday 17th July 2013, at the Leathermarket JMB office. All residents living on the following estates are welcome: Tanner House, Snowsfields, Tyers Estate and Whites Grounds. The agenda will mainly focus on: the election of a newRead more
There is a mains electricity failure affecting Tyers Estate and the JMB office at the moment. We do not know yet when the power will come back on. The JMB office remains open.